Norman Bennett, VLCIA board member and former chairman of the Lowndes County Commmission,
asked Corey Hull:
Can you explain that again for me about the penalties if the voters don’t pass the tax? If the county’s got a project, then they’ve got to put up ten percent or whatever the percentage is?Continue reading
What’s this about yet another sales tax decided on by
regional transportation boards and GDOT?
Corey Hull of the Valdosta-Lowndes County Metropolitan Planning Organization (VLMPO) explained T-SPLOST at the regular monthly meeting, Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority (VLCIA). Georgia HB 277, which was passed by the legislature and signed into law last year, calls for a 1% regional sales tax (T-SPLOST) to fund transportation projects.
The region including Lowndes County has 18 counties, Continue reading
LAKE is thrilled when the VDT covers things so we don’t have to.
David S. Rodock in his writeup in VDT this morning on
yesterday’s Lowndes County Commission meeting
includes this list that was not displayed in the public meeting,
yet was approved by the commissioners.
Car 41 No where are you?
Here’s the list: Continue reading
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, MARCH 21, 2011, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2011, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor
- Call to Order
- Invocation
- Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag
- Minutes for Approval – Regular Session – March 8, 2011
- Resolutions
- Adopt Resolution accepting infrastructure for Cypress Lakes Subdivision Phase V
- Grant Re-Application for the Rural Transportation Program and Associated Resolution
- Public Hearing – Grant Re-Application for the Rural Transportation Program Public Hearing
- Citizens Wishing to be Heard Please State Name And Address
- For Consideration
- Proposal from Hulsey, McCormick, and Wallace, Inc. for Groundwater Sampling and Analysis at the Clyattville Landfill
- Beer & Wine License – Thai Chang Restaurant, 5913 Bemiss Road
- Service Contract for the Mobile Data Terminals
- Bid – Bridge Repairs
- Reports-County Manager
See you there.
-jsq
It’s like denying the earth goes around the sun. Why would they identify with such a silly thing? Because of what actually dealing with climate change would mean: Continue readingAnd the reason is that climate change is now seen as an identity issue on the right. People are defining themselves, like they’re against abortion, they don’t believe in climate change. It’s part of who they are.
The owl in Hahira:
Monthly LAKE MeetingThomas says:
When: 5:30-6:45 PM, Tuesday 1 March 2011
Updated meeting location
Where: home of Thomas Ieracitano
414 East Main Street, Hahira
229-251-2462
That’s on US 122, just east of the Masonic Lodge.
“Bring a lawn chair, laptop (I will have Mediacom wireless) and your own food and drink.”If it rains or there are too many bugs or something, we will move to:
Down Home Pizza
103 South Webb Street, Hahira
229-794-1888
Help cover food, water, transportation, incarceration, solar energy, biomass, and regular local government meetings: you never know when news will be made!
Popular topics lately on the LAKE blog, On the LAKE Front, include Continue reading
Ride your bicycle, have to show a drivers’ license, get your camera stolen
by police?
Not in Atlanta any longer!
Bill Rankin writes some good news in the AJC, APD won’t hinder citizens who videotape cops,
Faced with complaints from a citizen watchdog group, Atlanta police will stop interfering with people who videotape officers performing their duties in public, an agreement reached with the city Thursday says.That’s Copwatch of East Atlanta; here’s their press release, including video of the incident. Continue readingThe settlement, which also calls for the city to pay $40,000 in damages, requires city council approval.
The agreement resolves a complaint filed by Marlon Kautz and Copwatch of East Atlanta, a group that films police activity with cell phones and hand-held cameras. The group has volunteers who go out on patrols and begin videotaping police activity when they come across it.
A local planning organization that studies advertises frequent meetings
for input and studies facebook usage data to see what people care about?
That’s the Valdosta-Lowndes Metropolitan Planning Organization (VLMPO),
which holds frequent and repeated hearings on major projects.
Next week it’s having its regular
Policy Committee Meeting
1:30PM to 4:30 PM, Tuesday 11 Jan 2010,
at the SGRC office at 327 West Savannah Ave., Valdosta.
You can see what they’re up to
about traffic congestion, busses, trains, bicycles, Moody access, conservation, or other issues,
and voice your concerns.
Continue reading 
Here in the U.S., we’re still thinking about maybe doing some high
speed rail lines.
None in Georgia.
And even the slow-speed passenger proposed rail network bypasses Valdosta
and Lowndes County.
Meanwhile, in China:
(Click on the detail map for the full map from johomaps 2010.)
WTVF Channel 5 Nashville says that
Nashville’s Bike Sharing Program Kicks Off Friday:
Nashville’s newest program to help residents stay healthy got underway Friday. “Bike Share Nashville” allows anyone, ages 18 and up, to borrow a bike and ride it around town for free. The only catch is you have to bring it back.And they’re going to expand it next year, from two locations in Nashville to ten locations throughout Davidson County.
Sure, Nashville is bigger than Valdosta, but bike-sharing in town is getting easier all the time, and if Nashville can get grant money to do it, Valdosta could apply, too.
Meanwhile, at Vanderbilt University: Continue reading